CONTENTS

Things to See in Springtime
The Seeing Eye
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1.Blue-eyes, the Snow-child, or the Story of Hepatica[3]
2.The Story of the Dawnsinger, or How the Bloodroot Came[5]
3.The Prairie-girl with Yellow Hair[6]
4.The Cat's-eye Toad, a child of Maka Ina[11]
5.How the Bluebird Came[14]
6.Robin, the Bird that Loves to Make Clay Pots[17]
7.Brook Brownie, or How the Song Sparrow Got his Streaks[20]
8.Diablo and the Dogwood[20]
9.The Woolly-bear[23]
10.How the Violets Came[25]
11.Cocoons[26]
12.Butterflies and Moths[28]
13.The Mourning-cloak Butterfly or the Camberwell Beauty[30]
14.The Wandering Monarch[32]
15.The Bells of the Solomon Seal[35]
16.The Silver Bells of the False Solomon Seal[37]

Things to See in Summertime
17.How the Mouse-bird made Fun of the Brownie[43]
18.The Pot-herb that Sailed with the Pilgrims[44]
19.How the Red Clover Got the White Mark on Its Leaves[47]
20.The Shamrock and Her Three Sisters[51]
21.The Indian Basket-Maker[53]
22.Crinkleroot; or Who Hid the Salad?[56]
23.The Mecha-meck[61]
24.Dutchman's Breeches[63]
25.The Seven Sour Sisters[65]
26.Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass[65]
27.The Four Butterflies You See Every Summer[67]
28.The Beautiful Poison Caterpillar[72]
29.The Great Splendid Silk-moth or Samia Cecropia[77]
30.The Green Fairy with the Long Train[79]
31.The Wicked Hoptoad and the Little Yellow Dragon[82]
32.The Fairy Bird or the Humming-bird Moth[85]
33.Ribgrass or Whiteman's-Foot[88]
34.Jack-in-the-Pulpit[91]
35.How the Indian Pipe Came[91]
36.The Cucumber Under the Brownie's Umbrella[93]
37.The Hickory Horn-Devil[95]

Things to See in Autumntime
38.The Purple and Gold of Autumn[103]
39.Why the Chicadee Goes Crazy Twice a Year[104]
40.The Story of the Quaking Aspen or Poplar[107]
41.The Witch-hazel[109]
42.How the Shad Came and How the Chestnut Got Its Burrs[112]
43.How the Littlest Owl Came[113]
44.The Wood-witch and the Bog-nuts[114]
45.The Mud-dauber Wasp[117]
46.The Cicada and the Katydid[121]
47.The Digger Wasp That Killed the Cicada[123]
48.How the Indian Summer Came[126]

Things to See in Wintertime
49.The North Star, or the Home Star[129]
50.The Pappoose on the Squaw's Back[131]
51.Orion the Hunter, and his Fight with the Bull[133]
52.The Pleiades, that Orion Fired at the Bull[134]
53.The Twin Stars[136]
54.Stoutheart and His Black Cravat[137]
55.Tracks and the Stories They Tell[138]
56.A Rabbit's Story of His Life[140]
57.The Singing Hawk[144]
58.The Fingerboard Goldenrod[145]
59.Woodchuck Day—February Second[149]

Things to Know
The Story of The Trail
60.How the Pine Tree Tells its Own Story[153]
61.Blazes[155]
62.Totems[155]
63.Symbols[159]
64.Sign Language[161]
65.The Language of Hens[161]
66.Why the Squirrel Wears a Bushy Tail[162]
67.Why the Dog Wags His Tail[163]
68.Why the Dog Turns Around Three Times Before Lying Down[164]
69.The Deathcup of Diablo[165]
70.The Poison Ivy, or the Three-fingered Demon of the Woods[169]
71.The Medicine in the Sky[170]
72.The Angel of the Night[172]

Things to Do
The Thinking Hand
73.Bird-nesting in Winter[177]
74.The Ox-eye Daisy or Marguerite[179]
75.The Monkey-hunt[181]
76.The Horsetail and the Jungle[185]
77.The Woods in Winter[186]
78.The Fish and the Pond[187]
79.Smoke Prints of Leaves[189]
80.Bird-boxes[189]
81.A Hunter's Lamp[193]
82.The Coon Hunt[194]
83.The Indian Pot[195]
84.Snowflakes[197]
85.Are you Alive? Farsight[199]
86.Are you Alive? Quicksight[200]
87.Are you Alive? Hearing[200]
88.Are you Alive? Feeling[201]
89.Are you Alive? Quickness[202]
90.Are you Alive? Guessing Length[203]
91.Are you Alive? Aim or Limb-control[204]
92.A Treasure Hunt[205]
93.Moving Pictures[205]
94.The Natural Autograph Album[207]
95.The Crooked Stick[208]
96.The Animal Dance of Nana-bo-jou[209]
97.The Caribou Dance[212]
98.The Council Robe[216]

Things to Remember
The Winged Soul that Stores up Precious Memories.
99.How the Wren Became King of the Birds[221]
100.The Snowstorm[222]
101.The Fairy Lamps[223]
102.The Sweetest Sad Song in the Woods[225]
103.Springtime, or the Wedding of Maka Ina and El Sol[227]
104.Running the Council[228]
105.The Sandpainting of the Fire[229]
106.The Woodcraft Kalendar[231]
107.Climbing the Mountain[233]
108.The Omaha Prayer[235]
A List of Books by the Author[236]